First Lessons Folk Harp is designed for the beginner Harp student who has no prior music training. In this book they will learn to read music notation count rhythm implement important fingering techniques organize practice tune a Harp play common bass patterns and make a decision about which kind of Harp to play.Tips are included to help students get the most out of practicing. The songs serve as examples of Harp basics allowing the student to learn while playing vibrant melodies instead of repetitive or trite exercises. This book features traditional Irish Scottish Welsh Canadian American and Renaissance music. These songs will transport anddelight audiences with their simplicity and profound clarity. They invite us to ancient landscapes steeped in mystery and to experience the traditions of Harping throughout the ages. This book presents two new note readingmethods based on logical predictable music patterns that employ cutting edge techniques. They were developed to move students beyond reading notes as single isolated symbols. The rhythm table compares the different note valuesand rests to each other and visually shows how they are related through counting out rhythm increments.Helpful photos define how important hand positions are on the harp. These are an immense resource for students allowingthem to avoid tension in their hands and prevent injury. Accompanying audio allows them to play along as they learn. Includes access to online audio.

Kompositionen Für Keltische Harfe (Hakenharfe). Par STADLER MONIKA. Mit dem vorliegenden Heft baut Monika Stadler eine Brücke zwischen der Welt der Konzertharfe und der Welt der keltischen (Haken-)Harfe. Sie spannt einen Bogen von Traditionellem, inspiriert durch 'Traditionals' und dem berühmten irischen Harfenisten O'Carolan, zu neuen Einflüssen aus dem Jazzbereich und der Worldmusic. With this book, Monika Stadler builds a bridge between the worlds of concert and celtic (lever) harps. She covers the range from traditional playing, inspired by the traditionals and the famous Irish harpist O'Carolan, to new influences from jazz and world music./ Répertoire / Harpe

Scottish and Irish Tunes for Celtic Harp. Discover over two dozen traditional tunes from Scotland and Ireland: a mix of novel and familiar jigs, reels, airs, marches, and strathspeys. Intermediate through advanced harp players will enjoy these lovely melodies and their fresh, sparkling accompaniments. The arrangements include several optional transitions for combining tunes into sets, as heard on Claussen?s album The Road Home from Skye. Suitable for harps with a range of at least two octaves below middle C. Contains dynamics, chords, practical technical exercises, and fingering suggestions.

Par SARAJANE WILLIAMS. Dreamtime is a collection of eighteen lullabies from around the world. Sarajane Williams's hauntingly beautiful arrangements will soothe and lull the body and soul. An intermediate/advanced lever or pedal harpist will enjoy these lush harmonizations and interpretations of traditional songs, all of which require very few lever changes. Some of the lullabies could also provide a pleasant addition to one's Christmas repertoire. The collection includes: Rock-a -Bye-Baby, Sleep Baby Sleep, Night Song, Shepherd's Cradle Song, Hao-Wari, Slumber Song of Izumo, Suo-Gan, Go To Sleep My Child, Brazilian Lullaby, Irish Lullaby, The Gates of Dreamland, Christ Child's Lullaby, Russian Cradle Song, Four Lullabies Medley (Brahms' Lullaby, All the Pretty Little Horses, All through the Night, Schubert's Lullaby), and her original composition, Song of the Mourning Dove. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Children's - Solos / Recueil / Harpe Folk ou Celtique